Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of SaliInstallationServer

Timestamp:

02/13/13 12:08:22 (11 years ago)

Author:

dennis

Comment:

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SaliInstallationServer

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-= Imageserver installation =
+= ImageServer installation =
 
-First download the stable version of SALI from our [ftp://ftp.surfsara.nl/pub/sali/sali.tar.gz ftp]. Extract the tarball
+First download the stable version of SALI from:
+  - ftp://ftp.surfsara.nl/pub/sali/sali.tar.gz. 
+
+Extract the tarball
 {{{
-cd /var/tmp
-wget ftp://ftp.surfsara.nl/pub/sali/sali.tar.gz
-tar xvf sali.tar.gz
+# cd /var/tmp
+# wget ftp://ftp.surfsara.nl/pub/sali/sali.tar.gz
+# tar xvf sali.tar.gz
 }}}
 
 All files are available in the directory ```sali-VERSION```
 
+== DHCP configuration ==
+
+For PXE booting you will need to install a DHCP server. On our site we use the isc DHCP server. The configuration here below shows an example on how to configure the pxeboot functionality on your network.
+
+{{{
+# define the option
+option sali-imgsrv code 224 = ip-address;
+
+# Admin network
+#
+subnet 192.168.144.0 netmask 255.255.248.0 {
+  # The value for sali-imgsrv has to be an ip address
+  option sali-imgsrv 192.168.146.10;
+  next-server 192.168.146.10;
+  filename "pxelinux.0";
+}
+}}}
+
+Optional you can specify a special dhcp option that SALI uses to identify which imageserver must be used. We have chosen for option code 224.
+
+
 == TFTP/PXE environment ==
 
+Make sure that the your PXE-enabled network card is your first boot device. So you will have complete control of your node.
+
 === TFTP ===
+
 To setup a TFTP enviroment you can visit one of the following pages
  - RedHat/Centos/Fedora, http://www.thelinuxdaily.com/2010/02/guide-on-tftp-server-setup-in-fedora/
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  - SUSE/OpenSuse, http://sellingfreesoftwareforaliving.blogspot.nl/2011/11/install-and-configure-tftp-server-for.html
 
+
+Copy the following files from the extracted tar.gz to your tftp directory. Depending on your operating systems this can be ```/srv/tftpboot, /var/lib/tftboot```. In our examples we shall use ```/data/tftp```
+{{{
+# cd /data/tftp
+# mkdir sali
+# cd sali/
+# cp -a /var/tmp/sali-1.5.8/x86_64 .
+# ls -1 x86_64/
+initrd.img
+kernel
+# ln -s x86_64 default
+}}}
+
 === PXE ===
 To setup a dynamic PXE environment visit our project [https://oss.trac.surfsara.nl/pxeconfig pxeconfig]
 
+If you have setup you PXE environment you copy the example file to the `pxelinux.cfg` directory in your `tftp` root.
+{{{
+# cd /var/tmp/sali-1.5.8/examples
+# cp pxelinux.example /data/tftp/pxelinux.cfg/default.sali__test
+}}}
 
-== DHCP configuration ==
+The default action of the `default.sali_test` is to start a SALI rescue shell:
+{{{
+# pxeconfig <nodename> -f default.sali_test
+}}}
+
+
 
 == SALI Server Tools ==